Johann Lamont was yesterday under pressure to apologise after being accused of
attempting to smear a businessman over a land deal that left the taxpayer
£800,000 out of pocket.

She said that land bought from John McGlynn’s company for the Glasgow Airport
Rail Link (GARL) for £840,000 was sold back to him for £50,000 after the
controversial transport project was scrapped. And the Scottish Labour leader
emphasised that in the interim Mr McGlynn, a one-time Conservative donor,
had announced publicly that he would back independence in next year’s
referendum.